Volume 1: Zhu Xian Town Crisis Chapter 29: Sudden Attack on Si Prefecture

  At night, on a section of the city wall near the southeast corner of Chuzhou City, a Song Dynasty soldier was leaning against the wall with his eyes fixed intently on the front line.

  Just as he was gazing intently at the movements below, he suddenly saw several golden-armored cavalrymen rushing towards him, holding bows and crossbows aimed at the city gate, and immediately afterwards, he felt a gust of wind approaching.

  "Not good! It's a crossbow arrow!" The soldier was also quick to react, immediately ducking down and narrowly avoiding the arrow.

  Then he stood up and was about to pull the alarm bell, but saw that the few golden soldiers had turned around and ran back, and the city fell into a peaceful atmosphere again.

  "What the heck is Jin Jun up to? He just shot a few arrows and ran away." The soldier muttered a few curses, then turned around to sit down and rest for a while. Just as he was about to doze off, he saw that the crossbow arrow that had been shot onto the city wall earlier was now falling to the ground, with a small, pale yellow envelope suddenly tied to the arrowhead.

  "What is this letter?" The soldier picked up the envelope, looked at the words on it, and didn't recognize most of them. He then turned around and went to the command post in the city tower, handing it over to his superior.

  His superior was a subordinate of Hu Zhen's, a commander-in-chief. The commander-in-chief took the letter and saw that it was addressed to General Geng Zhongjing personally. He casually said: "This is for General Geng Zhongjing, you take it to him..."

  But as soon as he spoke, he immediately realized that something was wrong. Why would Jin Jun send a message to Geng Zhuo? Could it be that Geng Zhuo and Jin Jun were in cahoots?

  At that time he did not dare to be careless, and hastily ordered the soldiers not to tell others about this matter. Then he took the letter and went to see his own general, Hu Fen.

  Hú Fēng was also shocked after receiving the report. He thought for a moment, then called his personal guard to summon a skilled tailor. After soaking it in clear water, he carefully opened the letter, took out the paper from inside and examined it cautiously.

  This letter was written by Jinjiang Gong Yan Zhou, the main idea is that according to Geng Zhong's report, he has dispatched cavalry to intercept Han Shizhong's troops sent to Huai Bei, and now all the roads from Chuzhou to the outside have been completely blocked. The Golden Army will attack only the east and west walls of the city tomorrow, attracting the attention of the Song army, and want Geng Zhong to open the south gate and let the Golden Army enter the city from the south gate.

  Hu Zhen was shocked and lost his color, he was originally very dissatisfied with Geng Zhong, and seeing this letter said so vividly, he was greatly frightened. He immediately brought the commander-in-chief and the soldier who picked up the letter to find Han Shizhong and reported the matter.

  Han Shizhong was furious when he heard that his most trusted general had colluded with the Jin army.

  The matter of sending troops to Huai Bei for a surprise attack, apart from the mastermind Yu Yunwen, only he, Han Yanzhi, Yue Yun, Geng Zhuo, Hu Xian, Liu Bao and others knew about it. Even Xu Shuwei was not informed. How could the Jin army have known and sent people to intercept?

  Geng Zhao and Kong Yan-zhou had an old affair, he was clear about it, but always thought that Geng Zhao was loyal to him and would never betray him. This matter was naturally put aside. But now, seeing the Jin army claiming to have sent cavalry to intercept Yue Yun's troops, Han Shi-zhong couldn't help but burst into great anger, his two hands trembling uncontrollably.

  "Marshal, how should we respond! Please make a decision at once! The Golden Army will attack again tomorrow!" Hu Zhenni urged anxiously.

  Han Shizhong fell silent for a moment, then let out a long sigh and slowly sat down, looking like he had aged many years. After a while, he finally made up his mind and said in a deep voice: "Take my military seal and order, capture Geng... capture Geng Zhong and temporarily imprison him!"

  "I will obey the order!" Hu Xian heard, bowed and paid his respects, then turned around and left. Seeing that he could overthrow Geng Zhao, whom he had always looked down on, he was overjoyed in his heart.

  After Geng was captured, the defense of the south city immediately fell into chaos. Fortunately, on the second day, the Jin army did not launch an attack on the southern gate, but only attacked the east and west walls, and Han Shizhong and Hu Yanjun were at a loss, barely holding on.

  The morale of the soldiers and civilians in the city plummeted, Geng Zhong was one of Han Shizhong's most trusted generals, if he could defect to the Jin army, how many other generals were reliable? For a time, the generals in the city were all in danger, feeling that anyone around them might be secretly collaborating with the Jin army. The troops under Geng Zhong's command were furious, and if Han Shizhong had not personally gone to the south of the city to quell the situation, they would have likely rioted.

  At the same time Geng was captured, outside Suzhou City, Yue Yun led over a thousand cavalrymen to gaze at the tall and grand city gate in the night.

  He, apart from his own 500 cavalry and the 300 cavalry of the Han family army, also gathered all the horses of his personal troops and the large households in the city, totaling over 200 horses, and added 200 soldiers skilled in riding and shooting. In total, he assembled over 1,000 cavalrymen, who were put under his command. They boarded Liu Bao's naval ships and sailed around to the north of the Huai River, then marched urgently for two days, arriving outside Sizhou City.

  On the way, they had also encountered several Jin army scouts, but these people were all dressed in Jin army uniforms. There was a translator in the army who understood Jurchen language, and the Jin army scouts were off guard, and under no defense at all, they were all shot dead by Guan Tong's divine archers.

  Yu Yunwen's plan was bolder than what Wanyan Zongmin had imagined, his target was not the grain depot of the Jin army camp on the north bank of the Huai River, but rather Xuzhou, where Wanyan Liang was originally garrisoned. This was the main base of the Eastern Route Army, and all their supplies were stored here. Originally, a large number of troops had been left to guard it. But now that Wanyan Liang had taken his main force away, there were only over 3,000 soldiers left in the city, mostly old and weak soldiers, under the command of Li Cheng, the former commander of the pseudo-Qi army.

  All the way, Yue Yun was also anxious in his heart, because in his memory, there was no such battle as the Chu State War in history. How to fight this battle? How will it develop later, he had no trajectory to follow.

  But Yue Yun didn't know that his arrival had changed the course of history. In the original timeline, the Yue family army only waited for five days in Zhuxian Town before withdrawing. Wuzong saw that all the Song armies had withdrawn and his ambition was rekindled. He rejected the proposal for peace talks put forward by the Song Dynasty envoy Wei Liangchen and launched another attack on Huai West. Wan Yangzong arrived and followed Wuzong to participate in the Battle of Huai West, where he was defeated by Wang De and Yang Shimin in the battle of Mo Prefecture.

  The current situation is that the Yue family army has been stationed in Zhuxian Town, just a few dozen miles outside of Bianjing, and has not withdrawn. Wuzhuo saw this and did not dare to attack, nor did he dare to withdraw his troops, so he began to make contact with the Song Dynasty's envoy, Wei Liangchen, to negotiate.

  Wanyan Zongmin wanted to fight, but was repeatedly stopped by Wuzhu, so he had to find another way and found Wanyan Liang and Xieli Zhining. This is the butterfly effect.

  Similarly, in the original history, Yu Yunwen went to Chu State to find Xu Shuwei. Although he did not encounter any situation where he was not allowed to enter the Han Mansion, Xu Shuwei also made a diagnosis and treatment for his father. However, since the Jin army did not attack Chu State, Yu Yunwen did not participate in defending the city and did not meet Yue Yun. Instead, he took his father back to their old home in Sichuan and served him until his death, after which he participated in the imperial examination and made a name for himself in the Battle of Caishi.

  Yu Yunwen, however, has now entered the stage of history twenty years ahead of time because of this butterfly effect caused by Yue Yun. He played an important role in the Chu State War... As for how future events will unfold, it is no longer something that can be predicted by the current Yue Yun.

  "Brother Yue, according to Mr. Yu's words, the defense of Xuzhou City is now very weak, and the Jin army should not have expected us to dare attack Xuzhou. We can deceive them into opening the city gate!" Guan Ling said after taking a look at the situation in Xuzhou City.

  "Hmm! Guan Ling, after a while, pretend to be the reinforcements of Xi Shi Lie Zhi Ning's troops and say that you are here to provide aid. As soon as you enter the city gate, immediately send out the signal! We will then rush in and attack!" Yue Yun said with a serious expression, gripping his long spear tightly.

  This was his first time commanding a battle, and he was extremely tense and excited.

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